On a lighter note, I watched this video from Jay Leno's "Jaywalking" piece.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/08/04/Hilarious-Proof-of-How-Bad-U.S.-Educational-System-Really-Is.aspx
This is where Jay Leno asks people on the street general knowledge questions. You will be amazed at some of the answers he has received. Some of them are college graduates. One question was "What countries border the United States?" The answer given was Australia and Hawaii!!
Another one was "What does D.C stand for? The answer given was "D capital"!
Teaching children about world history, geography is so very important. Enrichment is fairly lacking in schools. Some amount is provided to children who qualify as gifted. However, I believe that all children should be enriched with knowledge and hopefully not be tested on it!!
